McMurry track coach Parris resigns to seek private sector job

McMurry track coach Brad Parris has resigned to pursue a job in the private sector, the school announced Friday.

Parris, who will remain with the program through July while the school searches for his successor, led the War Hawks to three American Southwest Conference titles, including two with the women in 2017 and 2018. The men also won an ASC title in 2017. The women finished second at the National Christian Athletic Association outdoor championships in 2018.

Parris was an assistant when Barbara Crousen retired in May, 2014 after 16 seasons as the program’s coach. He then took over the program. Parris was with the program when its men won NCAA Division III national outdoor titles in 2008 and 2012.

Cross country coach Will Cooper resigned on May 24, so he and his wife could move to Austin. They had married just a few days before he resigned.

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